scholarly journals Road Rutting Measurement Using Mobile LiDAR Systems Point Cloud

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Gézero ◽  
Carlos Antunes

Road rutting caused by vehicle loading in the wheel path is a major form of asphalt pavement distress. Hydroplaning and loss of skid resistance are directly related to high road rutting severity. Periodical measurements of rut depth are crucial to maintenance and rehabilitation planning. In this study, we explored the feasibility of using point clouds gathered by Mobile LiDAR systems to measure the rut depth. These point clouds that are collected along roads are usually used for other purposes, namely asset inventory or topographic survey. Taking advantage of available clouds to identify rutting severity in critical pavement areas can result in considerable economic and time saving and thus, added value, when compared with specific expensive rut measuring systems. Four different strategies of cloud points aggregation are presented to create the cross-section of points. Such strategies were established to improve the precision of individual sensor measurements. Despite the 5 mm precision of the used system, it was possible to estimate rut depth values that were slightly inferior. The rut depth values obtained from each cross-section strategy were compared with the manual field measured values. The cross-sections based on averaged cloud points sensor profile aggregation was revealed to be the most suitable strategy to measure rut depth. Despite the fact that the study was specifically conducted to measure rut depth, the evaluation results show that the methodology can also be useful for other mobile LiDAR point clouds cross-sections applications.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Cao ◽  
Dong Chen ◽  
Yufeng Shi ◽  
Zhenxin Zhang ◽  
Fengxiang Jin ◽  
...  

This paper presents a novel framework to extract metro tunnel cross sections (profiles) from Terrestrial Laser Scanning point clouds. The entire framework consists of two steps: tunnel central axis extraction and cross section determination. In tunnel central extraction, we propose a slice-based method to obtain an initial central axis, which is further divided into linear and nonlinear circular segments by an enhanced Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) tunnel axis segmentation algorithm. This algorithm transforms the problem of hybrid linear and nonlinear segment extraction into a sole segmentation of linear elements defined at the tangent space rather than raw data space, significantly simplifying the tunnel axis segmentation. The extracted axis segments are then provided as input to the step of the cross section determination which generates the coarse cross-sectional points by intersecting a series of straight lines that rotate orthogonally around the tunnel axis with their local fitted quadric surface, i.e., cylindrical surface. These generated profile points are further refined and densified via solving a constrained nonlinear least squares problem. Our experiments on Nanjing metro tunnel show that the cross sectional fitting error is only 1.69 mm. Compared with the designed radius of the metro tunnel, the RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) of extracted cross sections’ radii only keeps 1.60 mm. We also test our algorithm on another metro tunnel in Shanghai, and the results show that the RMSE of radii only keeps 4.60 mm which is superior to a state-of-the-art method of 6.00 mm. Apart from the accurate geometry, our approach can maintain the correct topology among cross sections, thereby guaranteeing the production of geometric tunnel model without crack defects. Moreover, we prove that our algorithm is insensitive to the missing data and point density.


Author(s):  
L. Du ◽  
R. Zhong ◽  
H. Sun ◽  
Q. Wu

An automated method for tunnel deformation monitoring using high density point clouds data is presented. Firstly, the 3D point clouds data are converted to two-dimensional surface by projection on the XOY plane, the projection point set of central axis on XOY plane named U<sub>xoy</sub> is calculated by combining the Alpha Shape algorithm with RANSAC (Random Sampling Consistency) algorithm, and then the projection point set of central axis on YOZ plane named Uyoz is obtained by highest and lowest points which are extracted by intersecting straight lines that through each point of U<sub>xoy</sub> and perpendicular to the two -dimensional surface with the tunnel point clouds, U<sub>xoy</sub> and U<sub>yoz</sub> together form the 3D center axis finally. Secondly, the buffer of each cross section is calculated by K-Nearest neighbor algorithm, and the initial cross-sectional point set is quickly constructed by projection method. Finally, the cross sections are denoised and the section lines are fitted using the method of iterative ellipse fitting. In order to improve the accuracy of the cross section, a fine adjustment method is proposed to rotate the initial sectional plane around the intercept point in the horizontal and vertical direction within the buffer. The proposed method is used in Shanghai subway tunnel, and the deformation of each section in the direction of 0 to 360 degrees is calculated. The result shows that the cross sections becomes flat circles from regular circles due to the great pressure at the top of the tunnel


The work of multilayer glass structures for central and eccentric compression and bending are considered. The substantiation of the chosen research topic is made. The description and features of laminated glass for the structures investigated, their characteristics are presented. The analysis of the results obtained when testing for compression, compression with bending, simple bending of models of columns, beams, samples of laminated glass was made. Overview of the types and nature of destruction of the models are presented, diagrams of material operation are constructed, average values of the resistance of the cross-sections of samples are obtained, the table of destructive loads is generated. The need for development of a set of rules and guidelines for the design of glass structures, including laminated glass, for bearing elements, as well as standards for testing, rules for assessing the strength, stiffness, crack resistance and methods for determining the strength of control samples is emphasized. It is established that the strength properties of glass depend on the type of applied load and vary widely, and significantly lower than the corresponding normative values of the strength of heat-strengthened glass. The effect of the connecting polymeric material and manufacturing technology of laminated glass on the strength of the structure is also shown. The experimental values of the elastic modulus are different in different directions of the cross section and in the direction perpendicular to the glass layers are two times less than along the glass layers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman N. Lee ◽  
Alexey A. Lyubyakin ◽  
Vyacheslav A. Stotsky

Abstract Using modern multiloop calculation methods, we derive the analytical expressions for the total cross sections of the processes e−γ →$$ {e}^{-}X\overline{X} $$ e − X X ¯ with X = μ, γ or e at arbitrary energies. For the first two processes our results are expressed via classical polylogarithms. The cross section of e−γ → e−e−e+ is represented as a one-fold integral of complete elliptic integral K and logarithms. Using our results, we calculate the threshold and high-energy asymptotics and compare them with available results.


Author(s):  
Georges Griso ◽  
Larysa Khilkova ◽  
Julia Orlik ◽  
Olena Sivak

AbstractIn this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior of an $\varepsilon $ ε -periodic 3D stable structure made of beams of circular cross-section of radius $r$ r when the periodicity parameter $\varepsilon $ ε and the ratio ${r/\varepsilon }$ r / ε simultaneously tend to 0. The analysis is performed within the frame of linear elasticity theory and it is based on the known decomposition of the beam displacements into a beam centerline displacement, a small rotation of the cross-sections and a warping (the deformation of the cross-sections). This decomposition allows to obtain Korn type inequalities. We introduce two unfolding operators, one for the homogenization of the set of beam centerlines and another for the dimension reduction of the beams. The limit homogenized problem is still a linear elastic, second order PDE.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 450-453
Author(s):  
◽  
T. SKORODKO ◽  
M. BASHKANOV ◽  
D. BOGOSLOWSKY ◽  
H. CALÉN ◽  
...  

The two-pion production in pp-collisions has been investigated in exclusive measurements from threshold up to Tp = 1.36 GeV . Total and differential cross sections have been obtained for the channels pnπ+π0, ppπ+π-, ppπ0π0 and also nnπ+π+. For intermediate incident energies Tp > 1 GeV , i.e. in the region, which is beyond the Roper excitation but at the onset of ΔΔ excitation the total ppπ0π0 cross section falls behind theoretical predictions by as much as an order of magnitude near 1.2 GeV, whereas the nnπ+π+ cross section is a factor of five larger than predicted. A model-unconstrained isospin decompostion of the cross section points to a significant contribution of an isospin 3/2 resonance other than the Δ(1232). As a possible candidate the Δ(1600) is discussed.


1969 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 715 ◽  
Author(s):  
RW Crompton ◽  
DK Gibson ◽  
AI McIntosh

The results of electron drift and diffusion measurements in parahydrogen have been analysed to determine the cross sections for momentum transfer and for rotational and vibrational excitation. The limited number of possible excitation processes in parahydrogen and the wide separation of the thresholds for these processes make it possible to determine uniquely the J = 0 → 2 rotational cross section from threshold to 0.3 eV. In addition, the momentum transfer cross section has been determined for energies less than 2 eV and it is shown that, near threshold, a vibrational cross section compatible with the data must lie within relatively narrow limits. The problems of uniqueness and accuracy inherent in the swarm method of cross section analysis are discussed. The present results are compared with other recent theoretical and experimental determinations; the agreement with the most recent calculations of Henry and Lane is excellent.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lee ◽  
et al.

<div>Figure 6. Interpretative cross sections illustrating the cross-sectional geometry of several paleovalleys. See Figure 3 for location of all cross sections and Figure 8 for location of cross section CCʹ. Cross sections AAʹ and BBʹ are plotted at the same scale, and cross section CCʹ is plotted at a smaller scale. Figure 6 is intended to be viewed at a width of 45.1 cm.</div>


2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
Maja Vončina ◽  
Peter Cvahte ◽  
Ana Kračun ◽  
Tilen Balaško ◽  
Jožef Medved

AbstractThe alloys from Al–Mg–Si system provide an excellent combination of mechanical properties, heat treatment at extrusion temperature, good weldability, good corrosion resistance and formability. Owing to the high casting speed of rods or slabs, the solidification is rather non-equilibrium, resulting in defects in the material, such as crystalline segregations, the formation of low-melting eutectics, the unfavourable shape of intermetallic phases and the non-homogeneously distributed alloying elements in the cross-section of the rods or slabs and in the entire microstructure. The inhomogeneity of the chemical composition and the solid solution negatively affects the strength, the formability in the warm and the corrosion resistance, and can lead to the formation of undesired phases due to segregation in the material. In this experimental investigation, the cross-sections of the rods from two different alloys of the 6xxx group were investigated. From the cross-sections of the rods, samples for differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at three different positions (edge, D/4 and middle) were taken to determine the influence of inhomogeneity on the course of DSC curve. Metallographic sample preparation was used for microstructure analysis, whereas the actual chemical composition was analysed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an energy dispersion spectrometer (EDS).


2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 554-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal

The differential cross section for the Rhodium and Tantalum has been calculated by using the Cross Section Calculations (CSC) in range of energy(1keV-1MeV) . This calculations based on the programming of the Klein-Nashina and Rayleigh Equations. Atomic form factors as well as the coherent functions in Fortran90 language Machine proved very fast an accurate results and the possibility of application of such model to obtain the total coefficient for any elements or compounds.


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